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Design Engineer

Butler Aerospace & Defense
Grand Prairie, TX Contractor
POSTED ON 6/26/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/24/2026

Design Engineer

Location: Grand Prairie, TX

Job ID: #72737

Pay Range: $60-71 an hour

12 month contract


Interim Clearance Required


Designs major components, or major portions of a functional system, or technically advanced prototype, promotional or specific products.

Develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations.

Develops basic data and makes preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposal. Investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replace ability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost.

Coordinates with other organizations affected by design development.

Makes layouts of assemblies and details parts of devices, mechanisms, structures, and products.

Checks completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning.

Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions and/or improvements in design layout to responsible engineers or designers.


Required Experience:

Candidate must have at least 3 years experience with Creo design.

Candidate must have at least 2 years experience with Windchill PLM/PDM

Mechanical primary and secondary structures

At least 1 year of experience with Concept development

At least 1 year of experience with Design review content preparation

Candidate must have at least 4 years experience with Create Finished 3D Models

Candidate must have at least 2 years experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

Candidate must have at least 2 years experience with Complex Mechanical/Electrical Concepts


Desired Experience:

-Model-Based Definition (MBD)



Benefits provided: 401K, medical, dental, and vision, sick time as applicable to state law




Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer. Butler evaluates applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. The Butler America Aerospace, LLC. EEO Policy Statement and “Know Your Rights” Poster is available here: Applicant and Employee Notices.


Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact the Human Resources Department at accommodations@butler.com.


Salary : $60 - $71

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